Law & Order

Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr and Blue Ridge Judicial Circuit District Attorney Susan K. Treadaway announced a new indictment in Cherokee County charging six people who allegedly worked together to operate an organized retail crime scheme targeting T.J. Maxx and HomeGoods locations in Georgia, Tennessee, Florida and Mississippi.

Presiding Justice Nels S.D. Peterson has been unanimously elected by his colleagues to become the next chief justice of the Supreme Court of Georgia.

A 45-year-old former U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer has been convicted of importing and possessing with intent to distribute more than 16 kilograms of cocaine.